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CURRENT GOSSIP IN FIELD OF ATHLETICS
Portland Fans' Will See Strong Team
When Giants Play J Jabez White Shows Up
Well in Training.
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OUTLOOK AT CLUB
Multnomah Has Bright Pros
pects. STRONG TEAMS IN ATHLETICS
Track .'Men Will Hold Xheir Own,
Writes H. W. Kerrigan AH De-
pa'riments of -Club Harmoni
ous, Says the President.
By H. W. 'Kerrlgsuu
Although Multnomah's strength in track
and field events will be "weakened in some
respects this year, through the loss of
some of last season's sure pointmakers,
the club will have, nevertheless, a good
representative team. In some events we
will bo stronger than, last year, particu
larly in the relay
team, the half mile
and mile and in the
440 I think we will &mm
be a. little better. In Wg&r '
tha 100 find 220 wo m
are strong, and thiser'V
applies to the high
and broad jumps -as
welL In the shot and
hammer, with the
exception of the 56
pound hammer, we
are all right, but
with the competition
in sight it can hard
ly be expected thatMig
we can take first 3
piacc in tnose evenis. sp$-.
Our weak spots win s
dies ana i tmns tno -
polovault The loss
IX. W. Kerrigan.
of Coates will hurt us considerably in
the hurdles, although his place will be
well taken in -the broad jump. In the
high jump the only man we have to fear
in any competition I think Is this new
comer, young Hall, of California. From
all accounts he is a winner, and if he
enters into the contests up here I think
he can eaelly win out as against all.
This will be a year of sports in Port
land. The prominence given by the Ex
position to athletics and sports will at
tract wide attention and there will be
competitors from all parts of the country.
Multnomah will enter all amateur con
tests and the fact that it will have to
meet competition from all parts of the
United States makes it neceseary for the
club to put out the strongest team pos
sible. I have no hesitancy In saying that
the club's dependence will be placed on
their old men, that Is the men who have
represented the M. A. A. C. in the past
few years, but by that I do not mean
that we have no winners amongst the
new men or the juniors. During this past
week the work of several of the new men
and the juniors has been sufficient to at
tract the eye of the critics and place
them in the ranks of the club's sure men,
but the fact remains that they are more
or less untried. For that reason alone
the club will look to the old men. While
doing this, however, the others will not
be neglected, and will be given every
chance to wear the winged "M" In the
contests. ,
The younger men are turning out better
than ever and the club this year will
devote more attention to them than In
former years. But little can be expected
from the Juniors this year, since the
time for their development Is limited,
but the club is now looking to the future
as much as to the present, and fully" real
izes the fact that the development of the
young men this year means-tbe making
of winners of future years.
MEMBERS ALL FALL INTO LINE.
Every Department of the Club Is
Working . Harmoniously.
By W. H. Chapin, President M. A. A. C.
I think it can safely be said that the
M. A. A. C. is today in better shape than
ever, either as regards what it offers to
members or financially.
One very gratifying feature is the In
terest shown in the club's welfare at this
time both by old and young members.
Everybody seems to
be putting his shoul-
&der to the wheel.
and the entire club
sis permeated with
the spirit of prog
ress. The different
'departments of the
fclub are In good
1 hands, and advance
ment is noted along
3 all lines.
The membership
committee has been
I particularly busy of
late, and their work
jhas already pro-
Educed results, In fact
to such an extent
that it seems to me
'that we will reach
W. H. Chapin.
the point of our
sraiting list nefore the scheduled time,
June 1. Each committee is devoting Its
entire attention to the advancement of
Its department, and at the,same time Is
working In harmony with all committees
for the advancement of the club as a
whole.
I am much pleased over the results ob
tained so far from our monthly assembly
of directors and committeemen, and feel
that it can do nothing but good. In fact
this has been fully demonstrated in one
meeting. Such a meeting brings all the
dub workers together and Ideas are Inter
changed and a general knowledge of what
the club is doing that cannot be obtained
In any other way.
INDOOR TOURNAMENT IN MAY.
Contests Will Be Preparatory to Ex
position Sports.
By S. McCord," Chair man Indoor Committee
"While ordinarily this would be about
the close of indoor work, the prospect
of contests under the Exposition ath
letics carries with it a continuing in.
terest for the club indoor athletes. Th
past year has witnessed the largest
indoor classes In the club's history,
and not only that, but more and bet-
ter men have been
Id ev eloped. There
I has been no special
work that is along
sany one linn hut
I there has been
marked all - round
improvement, and
tnis is what i
needed. Pnr vn
(first time la three
lyears an indoor
amiet c tonmo.
Iment will be held
!on jviay o, and,
while this is prop
erly a start Of Whof
I will hereafter be
annual tourna.
(ments of this char.
J. s, McCord. Zin i ' evcnt
' will also, be used
to try out men for entries In the Lewis
and 'Clark indoor events.
The entry lists are now open for
Mr
this tournament, and are being filled
up. The tournament will be divided
Into two classes, heavy gymnastics,
consisting; of horizontal and parallel
bars, vaulting table, high jump and
rope climbing, and light gymnastics,
Including chest weights, dumbbells
and traveling rings. First and sec
ond medals will ""be awarded to the
contestants securing the largest num
ber of points in each class. Of these
two classes, heavy gymnastics "will be
the most important, since it will be
proficiency in that line that will be
required lor the Lewis and Clark
events. "With the material we have,
there should be no trouble in picking
a team of all-round men that will
give a .good account of themselves at
the Fair, and we are In hopes of tak
ing better than second place. '
With Rascb. Bennett, Frank, Nich
olson, King, Brandon, Allen. Duggan,
Warren and Lyons to choose from, I
have no fear as to the club being well
represented, this year.
We will also enter all swimming and
diving events, as well as water polo,
which has lately been Introduced in the
club. In the water "we have Stockton,
Barton, Ross,- Miller, Bennett, Reed arid
Campbell, and any one of . these can hold
his own with any one on the Coast.
We have about ten men at wter polo
in the tank. No team has been organized
yet, and the work of the boys has been
confined to practlco In passing the ball
and working together among themselves..
Arrangements are now about completed
for the organization of two gymnasium
classes for business, one at noon and an
other in the early evening, say, about 5
o'clock or 5:15. The need of such classes
has been felt for some time, and the
older members of the club who feel the
need of some physical exercise and yet
do not want to go Into the younger classes
have demanded them. Postal cards are
now being sent out to all members noti
fying them of the proposed claseses, arid it
Is expected that within the next week or
two the classes will be started.
1, like members of other committees,
can only say that I believe the club is
more prosperous and has a better outlook
than ever before, and I know this is true
of the indoor athletic department.
GYMNASIUM WORK POPULAR.
Physical Director Krohn Reviews the
Indoor Season.
- Bx Robert Krohn, Physical Director.
With the exception of the preparation of
the clubmen who will enter the Lewis and
Clark event, the Indoor season is practi
cally ended. In reviewing the work of the
club during the past year, the average
clubman or his friend is prone to view it
entirely as a man's club and forget that
it has a ladles' annex. Of course, the di
vision is so sharp that practically no one
outside of the board
of directors knows
what the ladies' an
nex has accom
plished this year,
but If the clubmen
had been permitted
to witness the events
of ladies' day held
last week, they
would have agreed
with me that in
many respects the
ladies have out
stripped the men in
the work of the gym.
The ladies' classes
have been a great
success this past
year, each class hav
lncr an averaeft at
tendance of 55 and -KODerc ixroan.
GO, and they have worked nara ana con
sistently. The junior girls classes, un
der the direction of the Ladies' Annex.
have been on an equality with the Junior
boys, the attendance being about 175.
The senior men's classes have, however.
been probably the most successful and
satisfactory- They have shown the best
Interest and the greatest advancement
and with a team picked from their number
I have no hesitancy in saying that they
will do more than give a good account of
themselves In the-Lewis and Clark indoor
events.
The juniors have been divided into two
divisions, the day and night, and In both
there has been an average attendance of
175 each week. They are the most enthu
siastic members of the gym and show it
In their irrepresslbllity. An indoor con
test Is now being arranged for the juniors
to be held some time in May. They will
be divided into eight divisions, five of the
day and three night. First and second
medals will be given In each class which
will consist of three events.
BRIGHT BASEBALL PROSPECTS
Manager Honeyman Predicts a Win
ning Team for Multnomah.
Br David T. Honeymao, Manager Base-ball
Team.
The only thing that can be said of the
prospective M. A. A. C baseball team is
that It will be a sure winner. A feature
of the team we are sure to have will be
its batting. Just look at the men we
have in sight, Stott, now catching for
Stanford, and who, heretofore, has had
the reputation of being a weak man at
the bat. If you look up his work for
this season you will
find that he has
been getting from
one to three- hits In
every game and he
is considered as one
of Stanford's best
men. Fenton, who Is
also playing with
Stanford at third, is
making good, too,
and his recent home
run in one of the
Southern games
fixed him firmly in
the estimation of
the college. Before
going to Stanford
he played second
base, but I cannot
CO. f'A
-.w,.. UJft
when he comes North. Then with A.
Farrott, Murphy, Stockton. Litt. Zan.
Banks, and Houston in the infield, none
of whom have lost their eye, I do not
see where anyone can beat us, either in
the batting department or fielding. The
same can be said of WIckersham, Cook.
Chalmers, Eastman. R Parrott and
Oliver in the outfield, and another necu
liar thing is that all our pitchers, Moore,
Martin, Fink and Whitehouse are all
good hitters. Aside from the men men
tioned there Is any amount of good ma
terial for a first team in the club league,
and that is going to be the diffi
culty in choosing our first team. There
are too many good candidates.
The boys are all getting down to hard
nraetlee now. and the first Iphctid mm.
has been played. Of course, the big
thing aneaa or us is tno games at the
Fair. In addition to those, however, we
will have games with all the colleges and
clubs In tins section. Including Stanford
and Berkeley, if satisfactory arrange
ments can De maae.
The game with the team from Japan
has not yet been arranged, but from
what we have heard we think there will
be no trouble In getting them to come
north during the Fair, after their game
with Stanford.
In all probability a game will be played
with Seattle on the home grounds on the
Fourth of July. Following that a trip
will be made by the M. A. A. C, taking
in Seattle, Victoria, Spokane and possibly
evereix.
Prospects for a successful baseball sea
son are more than good, and the M. A. A.
C. Is sure to end the season a winner.
pl3L "JBhh
HERE'S HOPING HE'S AS
BTG AS HE LOOKS
A Fan's Toast to Each Giant
"May His Batting
Average Wax Fat and His Fielding
Percentage Never Grow N -
Less".'.
TO ROOT FOR TEAM
Business Men Will Ride in the
Opening Day Parade.
LED BY TOM RICHARDSON
Commercial Club Is Preparing to
Welcome McCredle's Giants Next
Wednesday and to Assure
Them Cordial Support;
The Portland Commercial Club does
other things than encouraging immi
gration and telling the people in other
parts of the world about Oregon it
pats on the back the people that are
here already, gives a - protecting in
fluence to infant Industries and even
encourages baseball fans. This fact
is demonstrated by the plans the Com
mercial Club has formulated for the
proper observance of the baseball sea
son of 1905 in Portland next Wednes
day. On that day, when McCredle's Giants
trot out on the home course and for
the first time this season dig their
toes Into a baseball diamond in the
State of Oregon, the Commercial Club
will be behind them to push, and a
crowd of conservative" business men
will pose as rooters with Manager Tom
Richardson to lead ofC with the tigers.
The club has- invited, or rather com
manded, the officials of the Chamber
of Commerce, Board of Trade and other
commercial bodies to appear on Wed
neaday afternoon at the Commercial
Club room. Here the business men will
shake the bands of McCredle's men.
and then the crowd will take ten large
automobiles that have been engaged
for the occasion and parade through
the streets, headed by a band and
ended by the opposing team.
The parade will pass through the
principal streets of the city, and Tom
Richardson's rooters will make the af
ternoon hideous with their yells of en
couragement, while the regulation fans
trot along in the wake of the proces
sion arid give thanks for this great In
terest manifested.
When the Vaughn-street baseball
I grounds are reached .President H. M.
Cake, of the Commercial Club, 'will
make a speech upholding the good
things of athletic sports In general and
baseball in particular, and after the
Giants have received his blessing and
Tom Richardson has led oft with the
Initial root, some dignitary, whose
name has not been yet announced, will
step into the pitcher's box, roll up his
sleeves and pitch the first ball of the
season. After which the Giants will
put their own pitcher in the box and
proceed to push their opponents off the
average ladder In their efforts to get
on the top rung.
CALLS "LARRY" GREATEST EVER
Clark Griffith Extols Playing of New
Manager of Cleveland.
Clark Griffith, in one of his daily talks
at American League heardquarters in the
Flatlron building, said the other day that
In his opinion Lajoie is the greatest bats
man that ever walked to the plate, says
the New York Sun. "He can hit any kind
of a ball?' said Griffith "It makes no
difference where you pitch it. Larry can
fairly break It. I have seen him reach
outside the plate and knock a ball, deliv
ered purposely wide, out of the lot. The
only pitcher In the country who has him
guessing all the time is Jack Powell, and
Jack lets them go straight over the plate
with all the speed at his command. V
"Chesbro had Larry fooled with the
spitball, but the big fellow will probably
get the hang of that this year. Lajoie is
a natural ballplayer. He knows the game
in all its phases, and as manager of the
Cievelands I think he will be a pronounced
success. Ever since he first came Into the
big leagues he has played ball under man
agers who could not tell him a thing
about the game that he did not know, but
with the responsibility shifted to his own
shoulders Lajoie will bo of greater ser
vice to the Cievelands than ever."
- Motor-Boat Is Christened.
PARIS. April 15. Mme. Camilie Du
Gast's racing motor-boat. Turquoise, was
solemnly christened in the Seine by Canon
Dumont this week. The priest, who wore
ceremonial vestments, delivered an ad
dress on behalf of Mgh-Le Nordez, late
Bishop of Bijou, who was prevented from
being present. In which, after congratu
lating Mme. Du Gast, he spoke of recent
scientific developments lrr motor naviga
tion. He then named and blessed the Tur
quoise. Mme. Du Gast retired and reap
peared immediately, clad in overall trous
ers, a Jersey, a waterproof pea-jacket
and a yachting cap, and, jumping into her
boat, motored up and down the Seine at a
terrific speed, much cheered by the smart
crowd of her guests. She will race the
Turquoise in the contests at Monte Carlo.
The Prince of Monaco is stated to be the
"Godfather" of her boat, which, true - to
-Its name, is painted turquoise blue.
GIANTS GOME HOME
McCredie's Men Wilf Play in
Portland This Week.
HARD FIGHT FOR EVERY GAME
Oakland Proves a Worthy Competitor
--Players Work Well as a Team
Chill San Francisco Wind
Cripples Pitchers.
Br Will G. MacRae.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15. (Staff Cor
respondence,) On Tuesday the Portland
fans will have .a chance to gaze on ths
ball team that Manager McCredle has
gathered together. It goes without say
ing that the fans must be well pleased
with the crew that he has mustered
They are a set of big fellows and In
spite of what has been said about them
they are well behaved. It has been Port
land's luck to have had to fight, and
fight hard, for every game won. Not a
game since the season opened has been
an easy one, and such old stagers as
Virgil Garvin, McCredle and Van Buren
have made up their minds that things
ought to begin breaking easy for us pretty
soon.
The Giants were looking forward to
meeting Oakland, with an Idea that they
would find easier game than they had
found In Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, but just about the time we struck
the Commuters, Van Haltren. who has
succeeded Pete Lohraan as manager, had
straightened out the snarls In the team
and they w'ere playing as good a game
as any of the other teams we had met,
so the hopes of some easy picking went
glimmering. The fact of the matter is,
all of the six teams In the league are
proving stronger in performance than
they appeared on paper, and unless all
signs fail, there will bo no runaway
race this- year for the pennant at least
not for the first half of the season.
Fisher broke even with Lop Angeles
and came to San Francisco and began
tearing down the Seals. Our Giants were
the . first to drag TJncfe Hank Harris
eals off their lofty perch and left to Ta-
coma the work of pulling the Seals down
to within striking distance of all the
teams in the league.
Portland should have taken the series
from the Seals, and they .would have.
had it not been for some crude fielding.
McCredle's men haven't .hit their stride
yet. There is still a great many rough
spots, but as' time -wears on and the
Giants get to work on their own -stamp
ing grounds this will wear away. All
of- tho new players have been handi
capped by the weather since they came
to San Francisco. 'They are not used to
this chill wind that tears its way
through- San Francisco, and In conse
quence they are crippled with aches and
pains. Win French's arm is just about
gone. He has been to the doctor sev
eral times, but he Is unable to get the
kinks out of It He pitched a nice game
when he opened with Oakland, a game
that he should have won, but he. was
suffering great agony after the second
Inning. H-j was too game to quit. He
begged to stay in in spite of tho fact
Khat Manager McCredle was willing to
sand In either Cates or St. vraln. It
would have been better for his arm- if
he had stopped after the second Inning,
for it may take a few weeks beforo his
arm Is right- McLean, as big and strong
as he Is, Is complaining of a sore arm.
His right -wing, the one that Is a dead
shot for players who have a fondness
for stealing second, has been done up In
plasters ever since the opening game at
Recreation Park.- He also complains of
severe pains In his chest, and between
the dust that continually blows into his
face and the sun. his eyes are in bad
shape.
Essick, Atz and Cate3' are also com
plaining. They declare that if the sam
ple of weather they have faced, since they
came here Is the best that San Fran
cisco can afford, they want none of it.
On Monday Atz was so ill that for a
while it looked as if he would not be
able to play. He hunted ' up a medical
man and was told that he was on the
verge of the grippe- A night at the baths
and some medicine fixed him so that hej
was in the game, but ho Is far from
playing the game he Is capable of play
ing. Garvin Is the only one of the new
comers who hasn't been warped by the
chill winds. After his first game against
the Seals he complained some, but he
spent the night after he had won his
game In the hands of an expert rubber
and this saved him his arm. The morn
ing that Essick tried to pitch against
the Seals he made the mistake of warm
ing up too soon. He sat down while tho
team was at bat, and the wind froze his
arm into a knot After that he could not
get It limbered and he was beaten In a
game which under any other circum
stances he would have won. No pitcher
that ever faced a batter ever pitched a
better and gamier game than he did In
that 16-Inning matinee that ha took part
in at Oakland. The farther along the route
he went the better he became. Most
of his strike-outs came after the ninth
Inning. Oakland kept finding him for
singles and for a number of doubles, but
he kept them scattered. At six different
times during tho game he had the bases
filled with no one out When this would
happen, the Knox College boy would
settle down like a veteran and pitch him
self out of the hole.
On the whole Portland fans cannot
but be satisfied with their Giants, and
Manager McCredle deserves great
credit for getting the team together
that ne nas. lou fans may not believe
It, but before McCredle settled on the
men he wanted, he wrote over 500 let
ters and only the bills can show how
many telegrams he sent. While he wras
the original busy letter-writer, tho
young manager was not saying much,
He was aware that the fans were fret
ting some, but he knew what he was
doing and was willing to take a chanco
In hitting favor with the fans when
he announced his team. That he has
made good as a manager so far, goes
without saying. The players all like
him, and there is none of that nasty
mess which scandalized the Ely brother
combination of last season.
Another thing that is in McCredle's
favor is the fact that there are no
women traveling with the team to
make trouble, and if he is the wise
manager I think he Is, he will see that
none travel with the team. Neither are
there individual players on the team.
They are all after the bingles and the
swats, but while they ure after them,
they are playing ball to win for Mc
Credle and Portland. In none of the
games I have seen this far have I
seen a player shirk a chance. The error
column has no fears for them and
while they may throw a rummy play
into the game once In a while. It can
be excused, for they are committed be
cause they are trying to win. On the
road and in the hotels the entire team
is well behaved and they are as one-
big family. Just contrast this to the
fights between the players while Fred
and Ben Ely were crowding their lives
with baseball mistakes and misman
agement There was no repetition of
the brawls between Irve Beck and Phil
Nadeau, while at Los Angeles. This pair
of bad ball players had a fight there
over a card game and they broke up
about 520 worth of property.
In addition to making a fair name
for himself as an umpire. Slats Davis
Is making a reputation for himself as a
fine collector. Up to Thursday Davis
has assessed talk-back ball players'
5170. If he keeps up his gait he will
have- earned his salary In fines. Presl
dent Bert. Harris and others have ex
pressed their entire satisfaction with
Davis work. He hasn't given Portland
anything that he can boast of, yet It
must be said In his credit that, on his
showing so far, he is by far odds the
best umpire that has been in the em
ploy of the Coast League.
Rowdy, the team mascot, was bought
at Santa Barbara from the man who
owns the eating-house there. He is a
white spitz, and has enough ginger for
a dozen ball teams. Larry McLean
bought him. He paid $2.50 for him
bought him a 65-cent dinner on the
diner, and then did not have money
enough left to pay car fare when he
struck San Francisco. Rowdy is
chained to the players' bench and when
the Giants get a man on bases and
begin to root, he barks like a crazy
dog. He Is a general favorite with
every member of the team and beforo
each game they all take turns having
a romp with him.
Wednesday night Manager McCredle
received a letter from Jack Doyle, say
ing that he had changed his mind
about not coming to Portland, and
wanted McCredle to send him transpor
tation. It was too late, for the Portland
manager had already notified his uncle.
Judge McCredle, to sell Doyle to To
ledo for $750. Doyle's nonappearance
has in a measure handicapped the
team, Dut Clark s work at first has been
exceptionally good and he has been
hitting well.
A youngster In Portland, who wishes
to become the team maseot, sent the
following letter to Manager McCredle:
Portland, Or., April 4, 1905. W. H.
McCredle, Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Sir
KInaly accept this as my application
for the position as mascot of your
baseball team. If It Is your Intentions
to have a mascot. At present I am at
tending the Holladay school. Kindly
let me know at your earliest- conveni
ence. Age 14 years. Tours truly,
STANLEY KIRKLAND,
i$ East Seventh Street North.
WHITE NOT SO BAD
English Boxer Shows Up Well
in Training.
BRITT WILL BE" A PUZZLE
His Crouch 'Will Worry the Cham
pion of England Fight Fans Are.
Wondering Whether the Mill
Will Come Off.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.-(Staf Cor
respondence.) Is the fight between Jimmy
Britt and Jabez Whito going to ba
pulled off? This is a question that 13
dally bothering the fight fans herei So
far Jimmy Coffroth has been unable to
get the April date and there are a nunv
ber of fight promoters behind the block
ing squadron who are betting that ho
does not get It. In the meantime both
boxers are as hard at work as It every
thing down to the referee was settled.
Very little Is being heard from tha
Britt camp, but It Is safe to say that
Jimmy will be right when the song
sounds. Over where White Is training.
being a newcomer to this side, there is
a big list of visitors. They are mostly
veteran fight fans and they come back
willing to admit that White is better
than they thought. I saw hto in action
one afternoon not long ago. He still
struck me as being a bit washed out.
but at the same time ho showed a shifti
ness that surprised me a little. He can.
use both hands, and from what I saw.
he Is fond of getting In close. This Is
something that he has picked- up sinca
cuts loose his infighting Sie shows that
he can go some. Like all English box
ers he stands up straight, and. unless
I am mistaken, he will find Britt's crouch
a puzzler when he faces him on the night
of the 25th.
One very noticeable thing about thla
mill Is tha absence of much talk about
It There seems to be no enthusiasm, over
the approaching event This may be due
to two reasons, first, that the fight fol
lowers do not think that White has a
chance with Britt, and second, because
of tho row over the fighting date. The
battle Is only a short way off, yet around
Harry Corbett's the fight is hardly spoken
of. Unless things smoke up in the next
five days it would not surprise me to sea
the light an absolute frost from tho
money standpoint Some of Nelson's
friends are taking credit for knocking
the fight, but they are claiming some
thing that does not belong to them. Nel
son hasn't made any friends by the stand
he has taken in this matter. It Is well
known here that the Dane could have
had the match with Britt had he been
willing to accept the terms that were
offered him. He refused the terms and
demanded a bonus, the result was that
he got nothing. Now Willie Fitzgerald,
who has fought a couple of good fights
here, is willing to take on the Chicago
boxer. Gans Is also after him. Nelson.
In fighting Gans. says that he is making
tho match, giving tho negro the best of
the weights, just to get a chance to win
from the Baltlmorlan the lightweight
title. Then after he has won it he will
force Britt into a meeting. If Nelson
lets Gans fight at 136 or 133. the Battling
one from the Windy City will get his.
Dave Barry, who was matched to fight
Tommy Burns In Portland some time ago,
left here for Tacoma last Thursday night,
where he goes to fight Burns. Barry i3
the original hard luck scrapper. He has
been matched to fight a dozen or mora
times, but each time the match has fallen
through. This battle should be one worth
while. Barry is not as shifty as Burns
by any means, but he is a strong sturdy
fighter, one that can take a world o
punishment and still be looking for more.
The conditions of the fight, that the fight
ers must protect themselves at all times,
is In his favor, for he knows nothing
else but bore in. In Burns, however, ha
will meet a boxer and a mixer as well.
In his fight against Sullivan, where tha
rules called for a clean break and no hit
ting in the clinches, Burns preferred to
observe the rules and let Sullivan break
them. Burns can rough some himselfi
when he wants to. and that is the reason
that I say this fight will be worth going
to see.
It will be noticed that there has been
no more talk about either Johnson or
Hart being the logical candidate for mix
ing with Champion Jeffries. Johnson, on
account of his unmistakable yellow
streak, fought himself out of favor here
when he let Hart get the decision over
him. If the negro should ever get an
other fight here he would not fill the front
row of the press seats. Neither would
Hart for that matter. These two pugs
are all richt as chean seeond-ratora mt-
.when they are called upon for class It
is nice comparing an ordinary selling
plater to a stake horse.
CRICKET SEASON OPENS.
Portlander3 Elect Officers and Least
New Grounds.
The Portland Cricket Club has organ
ized for the season with these officers:
President, S. L. N. Gllman; secretary
treasurer, Randolph Rylance: captain.
W. G. Smith; executive committee. S. L.
N. Gilman, Randolph Rylance, W. G.
Smith, A. M. Crocker, P. Henderson; and
superintendent of grounds, John Mallett.
Grounds have been secured this year at
Thirty-ninth and Belmont streets, which,
can be reached within 15 minutes from
Third and Yamhill streets, proceeding oa
a Mount Tabor trolley car. Superintend
ent Mallett expects to have the pitch, oc
space, counting from wicket to wicket,
laid out In first-class condition, so that
the first practice game may be held Sat
urday afternoon, April 29.
Captain Lawrence, one of the best crick
eters along the Pacific Coast, suffers so
much from the effect of overwork this
season that he has decided not to play
cricket and ha3 gone to Tacoma. In his
place the Portlanders have elected as
captain W. G. Smith, who is a capable
player and may be trusted to uphold
cricket annals. The players expect to
show up creditably at the cricket tourna
ment that Is to be held at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, September 13, 14 and
15. Competing teams will be here on that
occasion from California, Washington and
British Columbia, and suitable prize tro
phies will be provided so that the best
man In every position on the field may
"have a chance to win a prize. There will
be a prize cup for the winning team, as
well as gold souvenir pins for each of Its
members. There will also be gold medals
for the best cricketers in the tournament,
for batting, bowling, wicket-keeping and
fielding. The cricket season therefore
promises to be a lively one, far more sa
than during preceding seasons-
Doherty Wins at Tennis.
LONDON, April 15. H. L. Doherty
again won the covered court lawn ten
nis championship today, defeating the
challeriger, J. C. Ritchie, at the Queen's
Club by 3 Jo 0,